Show HAVE MUCH ECONOMIC VALUE official of museum of natural history tells of Import importance aric c of bats in jamaica returning recently from the island of jamaica in ill the wet west indies where lie spent four conuis on a scientific expedition n H ti T anthony associate curator of mammals at the lie museum of natural history brought back willi him film many flue fine specimens of bats which are arc numerous on that and other islands in fit the alio west indies says frays the now N deiv york time the only mammals native to the he island today mr anthony sald said are 20 species of bats and one species specie of rodent these different hats bats range in size from small hats bats with a wing of six inches up to very large hats bats with ith a wing spread of from 28 to 30 0 inches lies people in the united states where bats tile comparatively compa rare animals lime no idea of the variety and in abundance of them thein in such a place as jamaica or of the important economic aluc balue of the bat they are either cither insect eating or feed on fruits the in sect eating cating variety are arc small for the most part and hane considerable value as insect destroyers they feed on mosquitoes and on oil a great variety of winged insect life many of which are obnoxious to man or injurious to |